How would i solve this word problem? Oscar and Petra are two llama herders. Last year Oscar had 74 more llamas then Petra but over the course of the year, Oscar’s herd went up by 50% while Petra’s herd doubled with the result that Petra now has 22 more llamas then Oscar. How many llamas do the two herders have now?

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Oscar and Petra are two llama herders. Last year Oscar had 74 more llamas then Petra
but over the course of the year, Oscar’s herd went up by 50% while Petra’s herd doubled
with the result that Petra now has 22 more llamas then Oscar. How many llamas do the
two herders have now?

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Oscar has herders= x

Petra has herders=y

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